{"id":2213,"date":"2009-06-30T00:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T00:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/06\/30\/im-a-vb-cihan-yakar\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:51:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:51:44","slug":"im-a-vb-cihan-yakar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-cihan-yakar\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Cihan Yakar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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·<\/span>        <\/span>How long have you been using VB?<\/p>\n

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After QBasic, I used VB4 for a short time. Altogether, I’ve been using some version of Basic for about 10 years.<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What industry do you work in?<\/p>\n

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IT, Tourism.<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>How big is your development team?<\/p>\n

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1<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What kind of apps do you most commonly build?<\/p>\n

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Mostly Web Applications. Sometimes I build Windows Applications too, but this is not the kind of application I tend to use because I don’t have a development team.<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What’s the most interesting app you’ve ever built?<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Although I’ve built a lot of applications, there isn’t one particular application that I can describe as most interesting.<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>Please tell us about an app you’re working on at the moment.<\/p>\n

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A lot of ASP.NET projects.<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What other technologies do you most commonly use?<\/p>\n

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I use MySQL in database applications. I am also trying Silverlight in my web applications.<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What are some of your favorite VB features?<\/p>\n

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XML Literals, LINQ, With statements, Auto completion… Everything.<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What do you like most about VB as a programming language?<\/p>\n

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Beyond all its technological features, it is simple and fast to type and spell. It also has good readability.<\/p>\n

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For other interviews in this series, please visit http:\/\/imavb.net<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u>. <\/p>\n

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Are you a VB, too? Submit your story <\/span><\/b>here<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span>!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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